Article of furniture



May 15, 1923. 1,455,559

v ,P. cAMlNoNl, JR

ARTI CLE OF FURNITURE YInn/51111011 MYV# A 372444-545 Uro/Mfrs Patented May l5,r` 1923.

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Be` it known thatf I, PH'ILIP CAMINONI, Jn', a citizen of the United States, anda residentofl the cityY 'of New York, boroufrh of:

Brooklyn, in' the county of Kings/and 2DState ofNeW'Yo'rlr, have invented a new and Im` proved-l Article of Furniture, of which the follovving'is a fulh' clear', and exact description. l

This-invention relates to articlesvof furniture offthe collapsible and preferably ot the` readily' portablel type, the Ainvention morev particularlyaimingfto provide a new and improved cupboardywardrobe or chifforobe.

The particular obj eet olf-the invention is to provide a structure of the kind above indi cated,` yandfone which may be provided. with differenty numbers of collapsible verticall Walls,` such as tvvosuchivvalls `to make a cornercabinet', or three or"more such Walle4 to maliea cabinet to be placed anywhere in a roorfi',vv Whichjcabinetsv may be readily. made 'in d ifile'rer'it sizes.V such as 'of comparativelygreat` height vadults, of 'smal-ler' size for Y nurser'res andI in miniature for doll houses,`

and? as 'other' toys, "but yvhioh" `Wil'lbe pari' ticularly characterized byy anew' and iinpr''vfed i"construiction ywhereby parts are pro# videdfat once-facilitate the collapsing andlexpanding `operations andJ provide shelf;-

or similar elements on, th'etopsl "of yvhiliA ar-I ticle QbQJeOfJQd'm/.b pacedadiffomf z' Whichother articles 'to be st oredmay be suspendedl Stilliother objectsL are to provide an article lofi"fi-irr'iiture of" the .kind above indicated which k"'vv'i'll be simple andwpractical in 'construction,strongldiirable andeflicient in use,

neat` and attractive/in appearance, and vcornpar'atively'- inexpensiveto mannfactiire.

rlhel invention. Will'be; moreclearly understood thefollovving description, when taken in' connection with'theaccompanying al sectional vievv, 'taken Fig. 4t is a verticalisectionalfvievv, taken 1 '-:1` V l E.

showing anl embodirri'entjhaving'- tivo sidefframes as wellasa central ora backlfrarne 1;*

Fig. Y6 isa 'ver Online 7-7 of Fig. 5;"

iCalseCtiOnal View,v taken- Fig. Fis ahorizontal sectionalview, talenf( Fig.y 8 is a fragmentaryvievv, partially n broken away' and partially in section,look`` `k tion orf'in the direction'of `the arrow,` Sfof ing at the structurev` ofy Fig. y5 in side 'eleva- Fig. 5, when said. structure is collapsed;-

Fig, 9 V1s a View similar to showing the'parts collapsed; l -r Figs, 1Q and llare fragmentary' 'v1eWs,vtlie1v iirst showing a detailofconstructionoftbe f1 'igt but i structure of Fig. and the.sel'cor'i dshoiying` a detailk of construction of the" str ucturejoti underlying principles in common.'

the 1- dravvings.'

but both such details having 'certain'y lSimilarreference'characters referto sirn'i'lff 33 i vlar parts throughout the several viewsfofff Referring to details of Figs.' ri 4*, am` vertica/lfframe's 1 2l are provided, here preferably identical. Each of these framesis 'in lvl the present -case constructed lof a"quadran'" guiar `Wooden framelproper y13 vanda panelf ybacking 14 which may bef conveniently corni" f,

product.v "It'willthus be 'understood that as L" v the term frame is used herein thesame" prised'f beaver board or an analogousfsheet means any Wallstructure'or member adapted inthe cal plane'. l

Frames 12 are so disposed and arefsivingably connected'forrelative movement about a verticall axis as-'b'y'means of hinges 15.5* y y Associatedcwiththe two Vframes l2'f`is" a combined auxiliary hinge and" multi-parti# shelff including a plural-ity of` substantially triangular structures 16 pivotal'ly connectedj f as byfhinges'l'along a line disposedin v horizontal plaiievvhen' the structures laref- "bothfarranged in the'same'horizontalplanelfloo that is; when 'they Wardrobe"isexpanded as tion of the wardrobe, structures-16 thus com? Fbine'- to f orrri a singlel'larger ysubstantilallyf triangular'structure comprising'a'shelff,Y be 4 y lowfvv'hic'h maybe hung a bar @18 to takef j clothes-hangers or the like. Each of the two l sides of theshelf thus established which converge toward the vertical axis including the hinges 15, is pivotally mounted onia, horizontal axis to oneof the frames 12, as 'by kmeans of a long pintle 19 as shown best in Fig. 2. v

i ,vas or otherl suitable exible material, (not shown) isprovided and mounted to forma roof for the wardrobe by being attached to ythe cord 20 and to the frames 12 along dot-' and-dash lines 21, while,if desired, drawcurta-ins of cretonne or the like may be susepended at their tops from cord 20, as indicated by the broken lines 22 of Fig. 1. This cretonne orv like curtainy material, Land the roof wall fabric., will, `of course, desirably be chosen' according tosome pleasing color Scheme, andin any event the parts of frames 12 will be enamelled, tinted and embellished as desired in various ways to conform with various color schemes of the rooms in which the new wardrobe isto be-used.

In operation, to collapse the wardrobe, it is merely lnecessary to lift upwardly at one or both of the structures 16 near where they are joined'by hinges 17, vthis pressure auto- ;matically causing the axis including the hinges 17 to take up an inclination to the horizontal and increase such inclination;v thereby to move both frames 12 relative to the vertical axis containing hinges 17; this action continuing until the partsare disposed as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, cord 2O and the flexible members attached theretoy having been meanwhile'tucked intel place between the frame members 12. 'In order to readjust -the wardrobe `from its collapsed to, itsexn ,Y rplane of the under surfaces yof bottom bars panded conditionv it is only necessary kto swing-'the frames 12 away fromA each otherI 4at their outer vertical edges, until the `structures 16v are `again disposed vas shown yin i rF 1, at which time the weight of such structures maintains the wardrobe securely and solidly expanded.A It will be understood that thewordfstructui'es-has been deliberately used in describing the parts 16 in order .i to bring out clearly that whilev the same are l preferablyy made asjsingle wooden leaves,

they may be otherwise constructed, whether of unitary form or not, so long as theypro-A vide edge portions for carrying the equiva v'lents ofpintles 19 andhinges 17in substantially the same .horizontal plane when the wardrobe is expanded.

' It is not certain that it will be clearly understood fi'om'the following description just how the various pivotal axes shift relatively when the wardrobe is redisposedfrom its expanded to its collapsed conditionand Vice versa.

such axes. `The axis containing the hinges 17 is always equi-distant from the pintles 19.

ilso, the lthree pivotalv connections for the complete shelfcon'structio-n, to wit, the two pintles 19 and the set of hinges 17, are along rseparate but converging lines .when `the frames 121 are invarious converging planes` and until said frames are arranged as shown in Fig. 4E.

Smooth ,movements Aof the parts specified y Vas above ldescribed are desirably facilitated,

by lproviding details of con-struction., as inl dicated lin Figsft andlO, the latter being' an elevational viewshowing `a part of thc rear face of one ofthe bars 13l of a. frame 13V the front face of which bar is shown in Fig. 1. From such Figs. 4 and 10it will bel seen that the converging ends of pintles 19 are permitted to have. a play in horizontal lslots23, such slots being `conveniently CIOSGd i at one end by a thin inetal.plate.21,'pref erably inset. as shown in Fig. 4;, or of such thin material thatthe same may be arranged as shown in Fig. l0, The parts thus fde-` 1 scribed, it will be understood,l constitute means to permit the required, shiftingof the axes of p'iiitles'19 lduring an expanding or,

lcollapsing opera-ti on relative to the wardrobev structure; the presence of such means being advantageous -wher`e'with the shelf structures 16 arranged as shown in Fig. 1, the

axes to spring 17 are not finfthe. same' horizontal plane.

1 axes of pintles19 and the line joi ning the vSuch plane displacement of these axes is desirable for purpose'sof econ? only; it being notcdin this connection :that pintles 19 run below the .under surfaces of v `members 16, being there passed through wire staples 2t,as1shown in Figs. .3 'and y while the 'pintles of'hinges 17 arein the are provided, `hingedly connected as Yindicated at 15a; this struc-ture presenting two` side frames and a centra-l back frame, eonstituting a wardrobe pursuant to theJ invencorner of a room.

tion includinga plurality of frames butiiot necessarily a structureto-be placed in the It will be understood, ofcourse, that vthe v,

frames of the present embodiment may have .associated therewith panel inembersfsimilar to the members 111 of Fig.` land also equiva lents of the `parts 20, 21 and 22 of Fig. l1.

Referring now vto theconibined auxiliaryl rhinge and multi-part yshelf of Fig."5each side frame 122L and the adjacentportion of back-frame 13a' are joined by substantially triangnlanleaves16% shapedipreferably like. thje'leaves 116:. of Eig. 1% and pivotally-mountedf. and interconnected` according to` the gen.-A

\ eral: principle of the. invention, itfbeing. noted that eachfsulgi, pair.` of leaves 16"?, hasV its: members pivotally in terconnectcd by a singlev hinge 17?` and` has one., of such members pivotally mounted on a pintle 19a', both of the remaining members 16a being similarly mounted on a common pintle 26 horizontally spanning back frame 13a. v

These two last-mentioned leaves or members 16a are joined by a tie member or shelf structure proper 27, here a single wooden board approximately as long as the width of the back frame, and suitably anchored to the two members 16a hinged on pintle 26, as by means of suitable nails or screws (not shown) near theopposite ends of the board.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that yin the case of the wardrobe ofFig. 5, the

entire collection of leaf parts 16a and 27 ymay be properly called a single shelf structure, as have been characterized hereinabove the pair of parts 16 andv one of such parts of Fig. 1; but it will be understood that an equally satisfactory way verbally to distinguish the different parts would be to deline the parts 16 and 16a as far as both Figs. 1 and 5 are concerned, as component structures of a single complete shelf struc ture, while, referring to Fig. 1 solely, each part 16 may be conveniently described as a@ substantially triangular structure combined;

with a fellow to form a single larger sub- Y stantially triangular structure, and, referrin to Fig. 5 solely, the four parts 16a of the part 27 all taken together may be termedv a complete shelf structure which includes twol multi-part triangular structures the parts of which are the members 16a, which multi-part triangular structure includes `two sub-structures each consisting of one CII Cil

of the members 16a.

For the same reasons as described m connection with the structure of Fig. 1, it may be desirable to provide a mounting for parts` of certain or all of the three pintles 19a and 26 to provide means to permit shifting thereof, to be embodied as required. In Fig. 11, for instance, such a shifting means is shown as possibly associated with two of the? leaves of any shelf structure. Hence, board 27 is not delineated, and the showing is more or less diagrammatic, the vopposite ends of a complete shelf structure of any type being indicated generally at X and being provided at one terminus with an arm 28 an chored on the shelf structure as shown, and turnino at its free end on a stud 29 on a frame tY, and provided at another terminus with a link 30 adapted to turn aboutstuds 31 and 32 and shown as a possible alternative type of construction.y It will be understood that a plurality of arms 28 solely, or a plurality oflinks lisolely, or thelu'se..thron-gli-@ay out of '-1slots."l=ike;the,slot23 ofliiigiil, 01). various combinations 'of such, or equivaient-,l.` devices, .may be used; `in lany embodiment ofc;

the. vvinvention, geous,

where required `or arl-vant .j

lt Awill thus be seen il i illustrative embodiments of the invention. well calculated to attainthe various objects and advantages above expressed and indi-` cated; it being obvious, however, that various changes may be made in the ,general form and arrangement of the parts described Without departing hence I do` not limit Vmyself tothe precise from the invention, and i details set forth, but consider myself at)-y liberty to make'suc'h. changes andalterations c hinge means and shelf structure, said shelff structure including two substantially multipart triangular structures `each kpivotally connected toone side frame and the backl three verticalv y vframe and each including a pair of trian-v gular sub-structures pivotally interconnected along'a side of each sub-structure, the three pivotal connections mentioned for each shelf structure being along separate but converging lines when the'back frame and the associated Vside frame are invarious convergingv planes.

2. The article of furniture defined in claim 1, wherein .there is provided ka tiemember rigidly of each shelf structure.

3. The article of furniture defined y claim 1, wherein kthere is providedval tiemember v'rigidly connected to the sub-strucconnected to a sub-structure ture of each shelf structure whichis pivotally connected to the back frame.

4:. The article of furniture defined in claim 1, wherein there is provided a shelf structure proper approximately as long as the width of the back frame overlying the said sub-structure and mounted yfor swinging on a horizontal axis relative to the back l frame. I

5. The article of furniture defined in claim 1, wherein there is provided a shelf` structure proper approximately as longas fr the width of the back frame and permanenti ly secured near its opposite ends to the two sub-structures pvotally connected to the back frame. n v

6. A collapsible article of furniture including, in combination, apair of vertical frames hinged together forl kmovement, of

oney r'ame relative to the' other about a vertical aXiSand' a eomloinedauxiliary hinge means andkshelf ystructureysaid shelf strucl ture including 4two tiangular kstructures 5 each lo'i-Votall'y Connected along one of the `pivotally interconnected yalong another edge ff '0f the triangle of each, the three pivotaly l connectionsimentioned being along separate. 10

butreonverging lines whenV the vertical w 'frames are in Various converging planes.` Y vedgesl of kthe triangular to one of the side frames and both'said trlangulanst'ructures 

